Habis Abdullah al-Saoub

Habis Abdullah al-Saoub (19 November 1965-October 2003) was a member of the al-Qaeda "Portland Seven" cell in the United States.

Biography
Habis Abdullah al-Saoub was born in Jordan on 19 November 1965 and joined the al-Qaeda Islamic terrorist group as one of its leaders. He headed to the United States city of Portland, Oregon and founded a cell of six other jihadists, and on 19 September 2001 he was warned by a policeman after he was caught firing a weapon in practice in a Skamania County, Washington gravel pit. On 17 October 2001 he fled from the USA out of Portland International Airport and headed to Afghanistan. In October 2003, al-Saoub was killed in Shkin, Pakistan by Pakistani Army troops after taking part in an ambush of US troops in Afghanistan across the border.